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GULTIVATOR AND PULVBBIZER. No. 3511.984.v Patented Nov. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E JONES, oF RANsoM, ILLINOIS.

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QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.. 351,984, dated Ncvember'Z, 1386.

Appifatin filed August 5, 18:6.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Beit knpwn that I, HENRY F. J oNEs, a citi-I' zen of theUnited States of America, residing at Ransom, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usein the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which formar' part of this specification.

ful improvements in wlieel-cultivators, the object of my invention being to provide a cultivator the axle of which can be adjusted laterally, said axle having attached thereto bars which carry the cultivating-teeth, said bars being also adjusted laterally; and to this end my invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specitically pointed out in the claims.

my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3

is an end view looking toward the rear of the cultivator; and Fig. 4 is a central section.

through perforations therein. rlhe axle A has attached thereto, by means of the bolts referred to, stub-axles' A', which have extended portions a', with a series of perforations through which the bolts b pass, for holding said stubaxles yto the center beam, and said stub-axles may be adjusted on the center beam laterally B refers to a forwardly-extending drafttongue, which is secured to the center portion of the axle A at its end and by means ofl brace-rods c c. To the rear upper portion is attached, in the usual manner, a seat, D. The

side of the axle A.

serial No. 210,113. (No mock-1 i center portion of the axle A is provided near the drivers seat with a rackbar, E, with which the movable catch-rod of the lever F will engage. To the upper edge of the center portion of the axle A is also secured eyes or bearings ff, throughwhich pass a crankbar, G, the ends of which are bent forwardly-or at right angles with the body portion of said bar. The lever F is also secured rigidly to said bar in such a position thereon that the catch thereof will engage with the rack-bar E.

HH refer to the beams of the cultivatorframe, which are attached to each other at their front portions by a clevis, I-I, which has My invention relates to certain new andusethe upper and lower rear portion spread and perforated for the reception of bolts h, which pass through the front portion of the cultivator-beams, and upon which said beams may be moved pivotally. rIo the under side of the beaxnsH are secured the cultivator teeth or shovels I, said cultivating shovels being curved or spirally twisted at their lower ends, as shown. The upper portion of the cultivatin g-teeth have horizontal plates attached thereto, which are slotted, as shown at t', through In the accompanying drawings, which illusf trate my invention, Figure l is a bottom view of a cultivator constructed in accordance with which pass bolts which extend through perforations in the beams. By thus slotting the plates, by means of which the cultivatorblades are attached to the frame, said blades can be adjusted at different angles, as may be desired, and they may also be readily attached A refers to the central portion of the axle, the ends of which are recessed, as shown lat a, the portions which extend above said recess being provided with bolts .b b, which pass and detached from the beams.

The upper portion of the beams H H, at about their centers, are provided with transverse bars K, which areadjustable laterally upon each other', so as to hold the beams H in j position. The inner ends of these bars K have perforations and. securing-bolts. Immediately above the outer ends of the bars K are attached angle-plates k, with perforations through which pass a' bolt for securing in place a rearwardlyextending bar, K', which is pivotally attached to a bar, Z, the ends of which are secured in the depending bars L, attached to the under The bolt which extends through the angle-plate k also secures in posi- 1 tion the bars M, the upper ends of .which are provided with perforations through which pass bolts m, attached to the outwardly-bent ends of the pivoted bar G, which carries the lever F.

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By the construction hereinbefore described it will be readily seen that by moving the lever F toward the draft-tongue, the bars which earry the Cultivating-frame will be depressed so as to enter the soil to a greater' or less extent, and when the saine is moved rearwardly the eultivator-frames will be held above the ground. When the eultivatorframes are contracted so that their ends will be closer together, the bars K will slide upon the transverse bar Z. By means of the deviee hereinbefore described the axles of the eulti vater may be contracted so that they may be quite close together, and the angles of the bars H H may also be changed, so that the track ofthe enltivatonblades will be very near eaeh other. It desired, the front eultivators, or those nearest the forward beams, H H, may be removed, and the device may then be used as a straddle-row eultivator.

I am aware that priorto my invention it was not broadly new to attaeh eultivator-blades to a verticaliy-adjustable bar, so that the blades would enter the ground when said bar was depressed; and also that it is not new to eurve the ends of the eultivator-teeth, and I do not, therefore, claim such construction, broadly, but

l. The combination, in a eultivator, ofalaterally-adjustable axle carrying supporting wheels H H` having eultivators attached to the under sides thereof, said bars being conneeted to each other at their forward ends by a elevis, bars .I J, attached to the beams H, so that they can be adjustable one upon the other, and elevating and depressing means consisting of a crank-bar mounted on the axle, depending bars M, and rearwardly-extending bar K', whieh is adapted to slide upon a bar, Z, which is secured to the axle by the depending bars L, the parts being Combined and organized substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a enltivator, the beams H, connected to each other at their forward ends by a elevis, H', through which passes bolts h h, for pivotally connecting the said pieces of frame to eaeh other, bars K K, attached to the upper sides ofthe beams H, so that said bars ean be adjusted upon each other, so as to expand or contract the rear ends of the beams, bars M and K, pivotally attached to the beams, the bars M being connected to a crank-bar having a lever, F, while the rearwardly-extending bar A K is pivotally attached to a bar, L, attached under the eenter portion of the axle, in combination with thelaterally-adjustable axle having supporting-wheels,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI afl-lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. JONES.

\Vilnesses:

CHAS. A. VERNER, W. J. MACCOY.V 

